The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-04-15
WHOLE NO. 927.

a@" in four rounds night or two since and
haa linn all but stopped. This ought effect
ually to close the mouths of Macs detractors.
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There IS some talk of arranging n sweep
stakes for the half-nile running champion
ship, provided six entries can be secured. The
conditions will be $500 each, with $500 added.
Ed Nikirk has stated that be will enter and
if Case, Grant, Farrell, Delaney and few
others could be induced to enter, the winner
ought to get, including the gate receipts, at
least s., 600, besides the bona fide champion
ship ~
The result of the Frey Malone pool match in
Brooklyn very clearly demonstrates that AL
bert Frey is the best pool player in the world,
and that while in tourney he might lose a few
games to Malone or some one else through
carelessness, still in a match he will never
suffer defeat from any of the present crop of
players. ***
Is it not manfestly unfair to condem Mr..
Bush for wanting to sell the Coronet? 1t is
said by many that he is not true sportsman.
This the gentleman admits, with some quail
fcations. He unreservedly states that OH ac-
count of his business he will sell his yacht,
and, of course, names his price, $150,0O0. 1t
cannot be argued by those who now censure
Mr.. Bush that this was his object in making
the match, for il the Coronet had lost and the
wiseacres prior to the race unanimously pre-
dicted that she would she certainly would
not have sold we'll Therefore, it is an inius-
tice to Mr.. Bush to make any such charges
NEW YORK, April 6.
An item is going the rounds of the news
papers to the effect that Jack Dempsey has
offered to match Denny Costigan against any
140pound man in the country for contest 20
a finish. l was chatting with Jack in his
Williamsburg residence only last Sunday,
and the "Nonpareir informed me that the
whole thing was ridiculous in the extreme, as
in the first place he had made no such offer
and in the second place it would be impos-
sib1e for Costigan to come down to ANYTHING
like that weight. Dempsey thought the item
must have had its birth i'll the brain of some
imaginative pencil pusher who was hard up
for news O.. ***
Another horse in the suburban, which l
think is worth watching, the more especially
as he has not been pounded" to any great
extent, is Rupert With fremont out, I
think Boaz and Rupert ought both to be
well worth following, at least, to Slight
cAUcHb. he IepOItS lIoHl LSic DTONH SUdUIeS
as to the condition Of the numerous Cracks"
are, know, being rdiculed in many quarters
by those who consider themselves "fy," but
it does not in the slightest alter my opinion
that they are, in the main, correct
***
Teemer and Hamm have formally taken
charge of the training of the Cornell crew.
They are excellent coaches and will get their
crew to the front if it is within the range of
possibilities. By the way. I Ishall have to dis
agree with both of these experts when they
say that Ned Hanlan can be outrowed by
Ten Eyck. Hanlan may or may not have
seen his best days, but he still has enough
speed left to defeat any oarsman in the world
except Teemer and he will confirm this state
ment in his races with both Gaudaur and
Beach. Just bear this in mind
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The Scotch cutter Thistle, now being built
in England, will be 919 feat longer and 5h
feet wider than the Galatea She is expected
to do wonders. as her model is said to be
entirely new and greatly con-
ducive to speed
***
Australia has not proven the wonderful
for sprinters that it was supposed
to be, and several of them, see, are already
thinking of'shaking the dust of the ',Isand
continent" from their feet. OcTY COHEN.